My Rugers do NOT like Winchester White Box!

[kbm6893]

Recently got into reloading so I won't be buying WWB anymore anyway, but 3 different bullets would not fully chamber in my SR9 or LC9S. The slide would go 95% forward and then get hung up. Racking the slide would be difficult to extract the round. One time I had to use the bench to rack the slide. The bullets chambered and fired in my Beretta M9. The federal factory ammo and my reloads all worked fine.

Come to think of it, WWB locked up a S&w revolver once, too. Gun was clean and maybe on the fourth cylinder when it happened. Ejector Rod was tight.

For what they charge for this crap, it should be better. Glad I'm reloading now so I won't have to use it anymore.

 

[tsubaki]

I have found a few firearms will not tolerate a few factory ammo, even to the point you are describing. Same thing with my reloads so I try to tailor rounds for certain firearms.
I even tried to mic and smoke some rounds to find the problems to no end.
I'm sure there is nothing wrong with the Winchester stuff or your Rugers. Like you said, they just don't like each other.

 

[5of7]

Recently got into reloading so I won't be buying WWB anymore anyway, but 3 different bullets would not fully chamber in my SR9 or LC9S. The slide would go 95% forward and then get hung up. Racking the slide would be difficult to extract the round. One time I had to use the bench to rack the slide. The bullets chambered and fired in my Beretta M9. The federal factory ammo and my reloads all worked fine.

Come to think of it, WWB locked up a S&w revolver once, too. Gun was clean and maybe on the fourth cylinder when it happened. Ejector Rod was tight.

For what they charge for this crap, it should be better. Glad I'm reloading now so I won't have to use it anymore.

Sounds like a barrel with a short lead. Sometimes certain brands of ammo may not be compatible with barrels that have a shorter lead and the bullet gets jammed into the rifling resulting in failure to fully chamber.

Take a close look at the bullets after they have been ejected to see it there are marks on the ogive. If so, that is the problem. The problem can be fixed by seating the bullets a little deeper, but if you do that, be careful not to seat the bullets any deeper than necessary to allow full chambering.

Seating depth is an important factor regarding pressure in a short case like the 9MM.

 

[Clovishound]

I ran a box or two of WWB through my SR9c. No problems other than extremely dirty. I can spot Winchester brass by the deposits on the cases. Of course this was a couple years back. Their GC may well be suffering lately.

After the problems with Winchester rimfire, I don't think I will be buying anymore Winchester ammo these days.

 

[kbm6893]

I ran a box or two of WWB through my SR9c. No problems other than extremely dirty. I can spot Winchester brass by the deposits on the cases. Of course this was a couple years back. Their GC may well be suffering lately.

After the problems with Winchester rimfire, I don't think I will be buying anymore Winchester ammo these days.

Most of it is OK. I shot probably 400 rounds of it, and three of them hung up. But my factory stash is a mix of what's in sale, so I always bring blazer, federal, and winchester. Never had an issue with other than winchester white box.

But the 50 reloads I just made worked fine, so I'll be using those from now on anyway.

 

[EdalinC3]

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